A federal appeals panel heard arguments in CCR's case, Wilner v. National Security Agency . The CCR argued for a reversal of the decision dismissing the CCR's Freedom of Information Request regarding...
Obama Administration rhetoric on government transparency has not led to significant changes in actual policy. The administration has continued to argue for secrecy in the courtroom, most recently in...
Long Island families represented by the CCR are seeking to prevail in a lawsuit that could result in the state returning to them tens of millions of dollars for what families say are exorbitant phone...
When he took office, President Obama made clear that torture is illegal and that the United States would not abuse detainees in its custody. But when it comes to those tortured during the Bush...
When a Louisiana Justice of the Peace refused to marry and interracial couple, CCR attorney Bill Quigley spoke out against this injustice, arguing that "Racial discrimination has been a...
The Supreme Court tentatively agreed Tuesday to accept an appeal from a group of native Chinese Muslims, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, who had asked to be released into the...
The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for another clash with the president -- this time Barack Obama instead of George W. Bush -- over detainees in the war on terrorism and whether a judge can...
In response to Louisiana justice Keith Bardwell's refusal to wed an interracial couple, CCR director Bill Quigley comments, "Maybe he's worried the kids will grow up and be president."
A federal judge has rejected a series of arguments by lawyers for the private military contractor Blackwater who were seeking to dismiss five war crimes cases brought by Iraqi victims against the...
